July 2024 – CopernicusLAC Panama Centre

Hurricane Beryl: How can Copernicus Earth Observation open data help in preparing for, monitoring, and assessing the consequences of hurricanes in the LAC region?

An average of ten tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico each year, with six of these becoming hurricanes. Tropical storms and hurricanes are very dangerous, bringing powerful winds, heavy rainfall, storm surges and

CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicks-off its first in-person training on Earth Observation data

On 8 July, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicked-off the first in a series of trainings which aim to increase the knowledge in the LAC region on the use of Copernicus data and its different applications. This series of trainings are

First in-person CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Training – 8-12 July 2024

This first training, hosted at SENACYT’s premises, located in Panama City, Panama, involved the participation of representatives from several Latin American countries and from diverse institutions such as civil protection organisations, national institutes of meteorology, hydrology and topography, environment ministries,

The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre: Building Climate Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean with free and open Earth Observation Data

Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are some of the world’s most vulnerable when it comes to climate-related hazards and the consequences of El Niño and La Niña. These phenomena impact the region’s unique ecosystems, including tropical rainforests, coastal areas,